Principal AI Platform Engineer

Salary: £100, per year

• Extensive experience in software, platform or infrastructure engineering with a track record of delivering large-scale, developer-facing platforms and leading complex technical initiatives
• Hands-on experience building AI-enabled applications using LLMs, agentic frameworks, RAG, prompt engineering and modern GenAI tooling
• Strong knowledge of software engineering fundamentals, including system design, APIs, CI/CD, testing, observability, cloud-native architecture and operational excellence
• Ability to design scalable platforms, SDKs and self-service tooling that simplify complexity and accelerate engineering teams
• Proficiency in Python and one or more modern programming languages such as C#, JavaScript or Type Script
• Experience with AWS, Azure or GCP
• Excellent communication skills with the ability to influence engineers, product leaders and senior stakeholders and drive technical adoption across the organisation
• Pragmatic, engineering-first mindset balancing innovation with reliability, security, governance and measurable business outcomes
• Genuine enthusiasm for AI and developer experience, with the curiosity to stay at the forefront of emerging technologies and the leadership skills to help others adopt them successfully

• Lead the evolution of an AI-enabled Software Development Lifecycle, defining the technical vision and building core platform capabilities
• Establish engineering practices that make AI a trusted part of everyday software delivery
• Design and implement reusable AI infrastructure including SDKs, deployment frameworks, model management, evaluation tooling and self-service platforms
• Enable teams to integrate AI into coding, testing, deployment, monitoring and operations
• Establish best practices for prompt engineering, RAG architectures, agentic workflows, model versioning, experimentation and governance
• Ensure AI capabilities are scalable, secure and production ready
• Drive adoption across the organisation by creating implementation playbooks, architectural guidance and operational standards
• Mentor engineering teams and lead technical workshops
• Act as the go-to expert for AI platform architecture and integration challenges
• Work closely with Security and Compliance to embed robust guardrails, observability and governance into the platform

• AI
• AWS
• Architect
• Azure
• C#
• CI/CD
• Cloud
• GCP
• Java Script
• Python
• Security
• Type Script

We are a global Insur Tech business producing game-changing technology, offering an impactful Principal AI Platform Engineer / Architect opportunity based in Reigate with a flexible hybrid working model of two days a week in the office and three days from home. We offer a salary of up to £130k plus bonus, enhanced parental leave, 25 days holiday plus buy days and your birthday off, pension, healthcare and life assurance, as well as training and career development, social events and a range of other perks.